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Power Man & Iron Fist 78 page 6 by Kerry Gammill & Ricardo Villamonte

Artists: Kerry Gammill (Penciller) , Ricardo Villamonte (Inker)

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Title:	Power Man & Iron Fist 78 page 6 by Kerry Gammill & Ricardo Villamonte
Artist:	Kerry Gammill (Penciller)
Artist:	Ricardo Villamonte (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	356
Likes on CAF:	8 9
Comments:	7
Added to Site:	8/29/2021
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Sweet Christmas!

To celebrate my recent reading of this 80s hidden gem of a run, I'm uploading this amazing page.

Greatly written by Mary Jo Duffy, this buddy book was a truly excellent read offering the longest run by Kerry Gammill ever had on any title. In my opinion, it's probably his strongest work as well. Despite producing close to 350 pages over the course of his run, pages from him rarely surface (just check the usual sources) so I'm super glad to own such a great page, from the latter part of the run (Gammill's penultimate issue, a very strong one on all fronts called "Slasher") where he had mastered the characters and made them his own.

Kerry Gammill is a super strong artist and exceptional storyteller (John Byrne level in my book) who has often not been blessed with the more suitable inkers for his style. Proof of that is the unique issue of the run which he penciled and inked, which is simply gorgeous. That being said, Ricardo Villamonte who inked him on most of the rest provided inks that ranged from rushed (sometime with the help of D.Hands, many friends pitching in to save deadlines with the expected results) to suitable and very nice in many cases. This issue falls in the latter category.

This page is particularly fluid as it only offers 5 panels whereas most Gammill pages on PM & IF can count up to ten of them. In the later part of his run, his storytelling breathed a bit more with 5 or 6 panels per page. I suspect M.J.Duffy's dense scripts had a lot to do with that but short of asking either of them, we'll never know.

The first panel shows us Cage down for having had his head smashed by a portable radio (bits of which you can see falling from his head). He's super tough but he obviously felt that.

In the second panel we have the former owner of the abovementioned radio. It offers a typical Gammill face and the way he very often uses hands to convey emotions through body language.

Cage is out for revenge in the third panel. Even though he is still kneeling on the ground, you can perfectly tell of his intent and his adversary's surprise.

The fourth panel is the obvious money shot with Cage doing his thing. It offers Gammill's usual super strong figure work and great sense for action.

And in the last panel, the woman the heroes prevented from being rapped is becoming prey again from one of the tugs recovering. Again, strong figure work and attention to body language. Plus, that last panel cliffhanger prompts you to turn the page to see what will happen.

You will notice that 3 panels showcase great detailed backgrounds that never get in the way of the figure work. A lost art like I wrote last week. One could even argue that Gammill's only fault was to be overzealous in that regard as the earlier part of his run would offer similar backgrounds in every panel. I find that this page is better balanced for the lack of it in two of them, certainly in the splashy panel which doesn't need any.

Now the only defect of the page is the absence of Iron Fist and I certainly wouldn't mind to add a Gammill page with both of them down the line, despite owning several great sketches with him or both heroes by Gammill.

To sum it up: What.An.Artist!

2023 update: that 4rth panel is seen in pur pencil version in the art of Gammill artbook published by Vanguard.

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Filmore W. Bedwick
Member Since 2003

1 - Posted on 8/29/2021

Kerry and Ricardo Killed This Page!!!!

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 8/29/2021

The faces, the anatomy figurework, and the action are like laying bricks to create a solid foundation for the magic of the story to unfold. Every panel looks so clean even with great details. The page connects with the audience with a mighty swing and helped build a lasting legacy of Gamill's artistry.

James S
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 8/29/2021

Nice! I think Cage got jealous of Colossus and Wolvie's fastball special and improvised with an unwilling partner!

K Gearon
Member Since 2011

1 - Posted on 8/29/2021

Oh, that's a perfect Cage page! "I'll take this fool and use him to whip the other fools!" I pity 'em all! Congrats!

Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 8/29/2021

One of my earliest memories of comic books was from 1980 or 1981, when my neighbour gave me stack of comics. He wasn't a collector, he simply enjoyed buying them to read and would eventually throw them out. While that stack of comics didn't get me to start buying and reading comics, I did read them over and over. In the stack he gave me was PMIF #66, the 2nd appearance of Sabretooth and that was the one I read most. The art stood out to me even then. It was and still is incredibly good. The Villamonte inks were superb and to this day I also still like Gammill's PMIF run better than anything else he ever did. Regardless of Iron Fist's absence, this is still a superb page. Congrats on getting it!

J H
Member Since 2019

1 - Posted on 8/30/2021

Looks like that bad guy is finally...using his head.(I'm so sorry! It slipped out...) Gammill was such a clean artist, drafting elaborate and clear scenes. Byrne is a great comp, imo. Great backgrounds, and everything is rendered really well. The first and third panels are excellent examples of that. Very cool score. Congrats!

Gal Schwartz
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 9/29/2021

Truly beautiful work by one of the all-time best artists in Superhero comics !

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